Local 706 - The Artisan

THE ARTISAN SPRING 2021 • 43 or hand-laid, natural beards reshaped. Thirty tattoo cover make-ups with two major body make-ups for principal cast, two prosthetic make-ups, three bloody and beaten make-ups, period and 'invisible' beauty and character make-ups, custom hairpieces knotted in the trailer, hair punched into silicone appliances—done in the trailer. All make-up custom blended and airbrush glazes created especially for this movie from scratch. John Blake was my 2nd. He knew the history, does bril- liant facial hair and period work; John taught the facial hair class for me. I also pulled Mark Boley, hair punching genius, great at period and character work and Victor Del Castillo for gorgeous beauty work and strong organizational skills. He ran background for me. The movie opens with a 1989 interview video replicat- ing the Eyes on the Prize 2, featuring William O'Neal. It was an interview Bill gave about his part of the Fred Hampton story. I had cheek appliances sculpted at Autonomous FX that widened LaKeith Stanfield's nose bridge, along his cheek bones and down to his jaw line. He needed to be fleshier playing older Bill. I worked closely with the sculptor in the shop on this, as subtlety was everything. John Blake and I did the make-up hand-painted with 4K Longwear Creme and air- brushed with custom glazes made from (4KLWC + Transluz + alcohol) for added depth. We also had to transform Martin Sheen into J. Edgar Hoover. Originally, production wanted to do a paint make- up, but I argued for prosthetically enhanced character; by the time they approved it, we only had 10 days to turn it around! No make-up test and no second chance either! I got Autonomous to do a life cast, and I directed a sculpt over texts, phone calls and annotated photos. We made a silicon pate and neck, eye bags and a nose. We got the pate made first and whilst it was being sculpted, Mark started planning out a hair pattern, then he began work knotting a hairpiece for the lower part of Hoover's head to save time. We did all the prep whilst shooting as well!! I chose four different shades of hair, opting for a more dyed look as Hoover was notorious for wearing make-up and dying his hair. John knotted the eyebrows in the trailer at the same time that Mark knotted the hairpiece, then he helped knot- ting the piece so Mark could hair punch the pate. Once they were finished, I prepped the hair texturally, and pre-set it as much as possible. On the day of make-up, Jason Collins Far right: Siân Richards applies make-up to LaKeith Stanfield, who stars as William O'Neal Martin Sheen being transformed into J. Edgar Hoover. Siân: "Martin was a total gent. He told us story after story. What a truly wonderful experience!"

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